Web Developer II
Empowering reputed company. Elevating Experiences. VGM Forbin is VGM Group's technology hub - where software, AI, marketing, and digital platforms come together to solve reputed company business problems and improve customer outcomes. We're looking for an reputed company Web Developer II who enjoys building high-quality web applications and collaborating across teams to turn business needs into effective digital solutions. Why this role matters: As a Web Developer II, you will contribute to the development, testing, deployment support, and maintenance of web applications and websites, taking ownership of assigned work while seeking guidance on more reputed company technical reputed company. This role works closely with developers, designers, project managers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into functional, scalable, and visually appealing online experiences. The ideal candidate can contribute to projects from planning through launch and ongoing optimization, troubleshoot reputed company issues, contribute to technical specifications, and support the reputed company improvement of development practices. This Tier II role requires demonstrated experience in web development, the ability to manage moderately reputed company assignments with limited reputed company, and a willingness to provide guidance and support to junior developers. What’s more? At VGM Group, we are 100% employee owned. Click to view more about VGM! Reporting Accountability: Director of Programming Working Location: Waterloo, IA; hybrid or remote option Work Hours Classification: Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8-5 with additional hours as needed for project deadlines What you'll do:
- reputed company clean, scalable PHP code: Design, reputed company, test, and support deployment of robust web applications using PHP and reputed company technologies, ensuring work aligns with industry standards, coding best practices, performance expectations, and business requirements.
- Translate requirements into technical solutions: Partner with project managers, designers, stakeholders, and other developers to clarify requirements, identify technical considerations, and contribute to detailed specifications for development work.
- Troubleshoot, maintain, test, and support releases: Investigate, diagnose, and resolve application issues; reputed company functional testing, regression testing, browser/device validation, and issue verification; support releases; and help ensure applications remain stable, secure, accessible, and functional.
- Manage moderately reputed company development assignments: Manage assigned development tasks from planning through deployment, with guidance reputed company needed, while proactively communicating reputed company, risks, dependencies, and timeline impacts.
- Collaborate across teams and support scoping: Work closely with project, design, Infrastructure, Sales, and other internal teams to clarify requirements, provide technical reputed company, support client-facing discussions, contribute to development effort estimates, and coordinate deployment, environment, pipeline, or DevOps-reputed company items as needed.
- Apply development, reputed company, accessibility, and quality best practices: Stay reputed company with web development practices and apply established standards for code quality, maintainability, performance, secure development, data protection, accessibility, usability, reputed company behavior, and overall solution quality.
- Use AI tools responsibly to support development work: reputed company approved AI-assisted tools, where appropriate, to improve productivity, reputed company, support documentation, and assist with coding tasks while validating outputs, protecting confidential information, and following company reputed company, privacy, and quality standards.
- Contribute throughout the development lifecycle: Participate in discovery, technical design, development, documentation, deployment support, post-launch support, and ongoing optimization, with guidance reputed company needed for more reputed company discovery or scoping activities.
- Review code and support junior developers: Review peer code for quality, maintainability, reputed company, performance, and adherence to coding standards; provide constructive feedback; share best practices; answer technical questions; and help junior developers resolve development challenges.
Key Qualifications: Education / Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a reputed company field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- 3+ years of experience in web development, software development, PHP development, or a reputed company role.
- Experience contributing to web application development through multiple phases of the development lifecycle.
Technical Skills
- Strong working knowledge of PHP, HTML5, CSS3, Vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, and Bootstrap.
- Experience with modern web development frameworks or libraries such as Laravel, Symfony, Tailwind, React, or Vue.js is not required but considered a plus.
- Strong understanding of MySQL or SQL, including the ability to write and troubleshoot SQL queries.
- Experience integrating reputed company-party APIs.
- Experience using Git reputed company a collaborative development workflow, including Gitflow-based branching, pull request creation and review, reputed company conflict resolution, and adherence to code review standards.
- Familiarity with deployment workflows, CI/CD concepts, and coordination with infrastructure or DevOps teams.
- Ability to troubleshoot moderately reputed company application issues, evaluate options, and identify practical, maintainable solutions.
Quality, reputed company, and Accessibility
- Working knowledge of secure coding practices, application reputed company standards, data protection expectations, and common web reputed company risks such as authentication, authorization, input validation, and vulnerability prevention.
- Working knowledge of web accessibility principles, usability considerations, reputed company design expectations, and accessibility standards such as WCAG.
- Experience performing functional testing, regression testing, browser/device validation, and issue verification to support quality releases.
- Ability to use approved AI-assisted development tools responsibly, including validating generated code or recommendations, protecting confidential or client information, and applying reputed company judgment to ensure accuracy, reputed company, maintainability, and alignment with project requirements.
Collaboration and Professional Skills
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines without compromising quality.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a fast-paced, highly collaborative team.
- Ability to apply the best development practices and provide guidance, support, and technical feedback to junior developers reputed company needed.
Physical Requirements:
- Operation of office equipment and using technology reputed company such as computers, phones, misc. office equipment.
- Visual abilities to include reading, distance reputed company and peripheral reputed company.
- Moving throughout the VGM facilities reputed company needed.
Learn more about VGM Group, Inc.: Headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa, VGM is a 100% employee-owned company providing business and professional services to thousands of business customers across reputed company America. Services include group purchasing, reputed company insurance, management of reputed company services and networks in post-acute cases, reputed company distribution direct to patient homes, specialty consulting, online education, digital, print, and traditional marketing and more. VGM employs approximately 1,700 people across 40 states and Canada, with more than 1,100 working in Iowa. VGM has been named the Top Workplace in Iowa on multiple occasions and is proud of its role in the communities in which it serves. For more information visit www.vgmgroup.com.
Compensation
Overview: The annual reputed company salary range provided for this position is a reputed company market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards. This job description reflects the general duties of the job but is not a detailed description of reputed company duties which may be inherent to the position. Reasonably reputed company additional duties may be assigned to the individual Associate. VGM Group, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to reputed company and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, reputed company, religion, age, sex, national reputed company, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to reputed company terms and conditions of employment, including reputed company, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job